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We believe that an educated community of technology professionals strengthens our companies, builds our economic region, and enhances all of our lives. That’s why we are active in the South Florida technology community and why we proudly sponsor a wide range of events and user groups.

We would also appreciate the opportunity to serve your company’s hiring needs by providing the best professionals our IT community has to offer for your specialized technical requirements.

TEDxDelrayBeach.com – The Human Experience, is this Friday. If you applied to participate, the last of the acceptance of letters will be issued shortly. Watch live streaming of 16 speakers, 8:30am to 6pm. And the streaming better work, because I’m responsible for supporting it.

Linda Gove, Executive Director at South Florida Technology Alliance has put together this Success Story between E2Marketing and SherlockTech Staffing spotlighting the various marketing activities that have helped to improve SherlockTech’s profile in South Florida. More..

TEDxDelrayBeach 2013 – The Human Experience – May 3

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. More..

SQL Saturday #226 – Revised Date – June 29

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Jun 29 2013 at NSU’s Carl DeSantis Building. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleagues know about the event.

iCoast CIO Council Meeting Follow-up

the 6th annual "State of the CIO" event was held Thursday morning April 25th at the Signature Grand.

Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus of CIO Magazine, delivered the keynote address and moderate a panel of industry leaders regarding the Tech Skills Gap facing our nation and what IT executives are doing about it.

Alex Funkhouser serves as Chair of the CIO Council Communications committee.

4 Days of fun and Economic Growth – May 3

Riverwalk 2013 is four days and four very different events to help you navigate this changing business landscape.

Take your involvement in the local entrepreneurial support ecosystem to another level – our local and online communities are highly connected, supportive, and engaged. We are looking for sponsors, partners, and passionate engagement from the community; you choose your level of involvement – spectate, speak, participate, dream! Just don’t miss it.

Publishing a Windows Store App – May 23

Session on the Anatomy of publishing a Windows store app followed by a Hackathon.

Join Homnick Systems and the Gold Coast Users Group at Dadeland Microsoft Store on May 23 at 4pm for a Windows 8 presentation and Hackathon

Joe will start the Hackathon with an overview of the three Windows Store Apps he has worked on and published the last couple of months. He will then be available to help you if you want to work on your own Windows Apps until they kick us out. Whether you will be working on an App or not, come on by for a typically interactive and fun presentation by Joe on Windows 8 Apps.

One Community One Goal – May 8

Coming up May 8, The Beacon Council – One Community One Goal project will hold a free update event at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus. Increasing the number of Internships is one important goal of this long-term project that I have personally embraced. Tickets are provided at no charge, but you must register.

Only $4000 To Go For NSU’s Computer Museum, Cray Supercomputer

As computers and technology continue to evolve and impact every facet of modern life, we have the unique opportunity and responsibility to preserve and catalog the rich history of this rapidly changing industry, as a reminder of where we’ve been and where we’re going. Last year, the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences established a Computer Museum.

Our goal is to have machines from various eras and computing power. Recently I was made aware of an unbelievable opportunity to get a Cray T94 Supercomputer for $10,000. This machine when new in 1995 was millions of dollars.

Seymour Cray was an electrical engineer and supercomputer architect who designed the fastest computers in the world for decades. He has been credited with creating the supercomputer industry. More..

HackaNUI – Natural User Interface Hackathon coming to Boca, June 1

SherlockTech Staffing is proud to be a sponsor for the first HackaNUI Hackathon to be held in Boca Raton Saturday, June 1.

HackaNUI is the first of its kind Hackathon dedicated to creating applications centered around Natural User Interface (NUI) technologies. HackaNUI is the creation of mLabs and LiveMetrics.

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Promotional Buttons, Banners and Embedded code are now available for this important program. Please visit the Button Page and add to your website and upcoming newsletters.

Employers planning to participate in Internships are recommended to attend the Employer Internship Preparation session from 8am to 9am. Please click here for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools NAF Internships form.

Alex serves on the STEM Advisory Board and is the Immediate past chair of the Academy Of Information Technology (AOIT).